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    Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForefront Identity Manager is a Microsoft's legacy identity management solution. In 2016 Microsoft released Microsoft Identity Manager, an updated IAM solution. Support for Forefront Identity Manager ended October 2017.N/A

    Symantec IGA

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec IGA (formerly Layer7 Identity Suite & CA Identity Suite) from Broadcom provides comprehensive identity management and governance capabilities. In addition, Symantec IGA performs risk analysis and certification and enables remediation actions in real-time during the access provisioning steps, thereby improving audit performance and risk posture with preventive policy enforcement.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    I've selected FIM because we use Windows Server 2008 R2 for terminal connections and it gives me a decent security layer to manage the identity lifecycle deployment from a single interface reducing the time and effort investment, and avoid dealing with extend coding procedures …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)Symantec IGA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)Symantec IGA
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    I think that MIM is great for compliance since it reduces the number of logins that are required by users. Most offices have post-it notes with logins floating around because there are so many to remember or there are "shared" logins. This reduces the number of logins to 1 and you can easily revoke access in one fell swoop. This prevents gaps and holes with terminations and updates to select groups are super simple.
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    Broadcom
    If an organization is looking for a good comprehensive identity management/governance suite that is easy to implement, CA identity manager may be a good/robust product. It is best to understand specific use case for your organization and try out the product before a final purchase decision as is the case with all sw products.
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    Pros
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    • Authentication
    • Security
    • Identity Management
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    Broadcom
    • It has complete identity management and governance capabilities equipped with a simple, intuitive user experience and helps simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications. This in turn helps in improved productivity and user satisfaction.
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    Cons
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    • For Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers is a great tool to set a codeless provisioning over new objects.
    • Can easily integrate with Active Directory and Exchange Servers, improving the identity sync between the final user and the lifecycle management.
    • Improvements in the areas of performance, simplified deployment easing the troubleshooting tasks, better documentation knowledge base, and more language support.
    • The codeless provisioning provided in FIM can sustain a variety from high demand to mid-size scenarios for account lifecycle management.
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    Broadcom
    • Bringing on new users and removing existing user when new employee/contractors join or leave an organization can be improved by linking directly to HR module.
    • The slightly complicated GUI makes drill down difficult for a new user.
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    It is Microsoft. We are a Microsoft shop, primarily. It integrates deeply with Active Directory making it good for Microsoft Active Directory shops.
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    Broadcom
    The final contenders were CA and Oracle - Oracle was tedious to implement and maintain while on the other hand CA was easy to implement and maintain and came at a much lower price.
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    Return on Investment
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    • We see a positive impact simply in the time savings alone. Chasing accounts around is time-consuming and prone to error.
    • The cost to us is negligible to the value it provides.
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    Broadcom
    • For us, it was a fairly easy implementation over 60 day period that provided ROI fairly quickly
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